Ironing-board



RrWu (No. Model.) G. W. KING.

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Patented Mayl l, 1880..

* NIT-1E STATES ATENT FICE lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,363, dated May 11, 1880.

Application filed March 12, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KING, of Bloomfield in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Adj ustable and Folding Ironing-Table Frame and Board, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a steady folding and reversible skeleton-frame with an adjustable ironing-board, so as to make the same lighter and more convenient to handle, and at the same time to admit of an ordinary ironing-board being used upon the frame.

Heretofore folding ironing-boards have been made with the ironing-board a fixture, the same having a deep and broad slot cut in the large end of the board, so as to allow the upper part of a broad pivoted leg to extend through the same, and the only gripe by which the same are held is between a cleat on the upper part of the pivoted leg and the projecting ends of the ironing-table formed by the slotting.

The objection to this form of ironing-board has been, first, the great waste of material in cutting the large slot in front, and the utter uselessness of all that portion of the board forward of the rear part of the said slot, except simply to form a bearing to gripe upon secondly, the fact of cutting this large slot in the forward end greatly weakens the board and renders it liable to crack and split; thirdly, when the ironing-board is attached to a table it brings the board lower than the table and, fourthly, great complaintis made of weakness in the springing of the board when in use.

Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of the frame with ironing-board set ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of ironing-board detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional side view, showing the frame reversed for tailors uses. Fig. 5 is a plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the case here presented the frame consists of two tapering side pieces, A A, rigidly connected by the cross-pieces B and C. D is (No model.)

an inclined leg, pivoted at E between the side pieces, and is so shaped as to be housed and lie between the same when folded, and thus be out of the way when not in use. The said leg D has a recess, F, for the reception of a folding support, G, which, when raised to position shown in Fig. 1, has its free end bearing in a recess provided for it on the under side of the cross-piece O. The forward ends of the aforesaid side pieces, A A, are made lower than the portion upon which the ironingtable rests, and are cut with an inward incline, so as to match the tapering or wedge-shaped top of the cross-piece H of the legs I, and the inclined leg has a notch cut in its upper portion to fit and bear upon the upper portion of the same, thereby together acting as a mortise to insure the security of the forward legs to the main frame.

J J are fixed metal hooks attached to the cross-piece B, and form a hold for the forward end of the ironing board, which is simply slipped under the same, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This serves to hold the board from lifting or sliding forward 3 and in order to secure the board against slipping or working off the frame, I have a cleat, K, attached to the under side of the board, of sufficient size to span between the sides A A at the rear end of the frame forward of the cross-piece C.

It will here be observed that the advantages of my invention over those now in use are, first, that the gripe between the forward extremities is between the two parts composing the frame, and in having the same so shaped at the forward end as to form a dovetail-mortise gripe, which effectually prevents the possibility of slipping from the cross-piece of the forward legs; secondly, in having a folding and reversible support for the rear end of the frame, so as to give additional stiffness thereto, and havingarecess in the inclined legforits housing when not in use; thirdly, in having one or more cleats or sockets on the forward end of the frame for the reception of the forward end of the ironing-board, and in having a cleat on the rear under side of the ironing-board to steady the same in position on the frame; fourthly and lastly, I am enabled to apply the ordinary ironing-board to the frame, thereby making J J, and a removable ironing-board provided 1 with a cleat, K, the same being constructed and arranged in the manner and for the use and purpose described.

GEORGE W. KING.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. NASH, GEoR. W. SNOW. 

